It’s been a huge week over at our sister site, JumperNation.com. We’ve been covering every little nook and cranny of the FEI World Cup Jumping Finals, and we’ve been rewarded with front row seats to
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During the FEI World Cup in Omaha Friday, World Equestrian Games officials from both the FEI and the Tryon International Equestrian Center were on hand to update the media on the state of planning, release
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Twenty years ago today an April Fool’s Day blizzard dumped snow up the East Coast from Maryland to Maine. My region, Eastern Massachusetts, got the worst of it with a whopping 34 inches. I remember
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Yesterday I took my sausage dog (it’s her body type) and my fat pony (his preferred nomenclature) on a long two hour adventure down the road, through the woods, and over the rivers. It is
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One of the many reasons why we love Boyd is that he’s not afraid to show his sticky moments online, as evidenced by the above photo. More than a few riders had some funky moments
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Congratulations are in order for Caroline Martin and Mackenna Shea, who have been selected by the USET Foundation as the recipients of the 2017 Karen Stives Eventing Endowment Fund Grants.
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The decision to retire a horse is never an easy one, and it came as an especially difficult blow for Laine Ashker, who announced the retirement of her longtime partner, Anthony Patch, on Monday. Laine
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With entries closing yesterday for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, this morning’s entry status shows 64 horse-and-rider combinations, including two-time defending champion Michael Jung.
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We’ve been keeping a watchful eye on the Rolex entry list as it continues to expand in advance of next month’s event. Entries opened on Feb. 28 and the list has doubled since it went
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Safety and education have top priority at the USEA, whose Board of Governors has announced the availability of funds toward projects aimed at the advancement of these goals. The board is now accepting proposals for
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We’ve kept up with 10-year-old Addie Neumeyer and her pony, Blaze, through the years, and coach Lee Ann Zobbe was kind enough to send in the latest update: “Addie is now 10, her feet reach
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It’s the end of an era for Laine Ashker and her fan favorite off-track Thoroughbred, Anthony Patch, as Laine announced the retirement of her veteran partner today on her social media. He gave me my
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2017 is a bit of a swan song for Bobby Meyerhoff, who has elected to retire his partner, Dunlavin’s Token, from upper level competition following Rolex Kentucky next month. Wanting to have a happy and
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Maya Simmons and her 9-year-old Thoroughbred Archie Rocks were having a good round on their first Advanced cross country course at Carolina International, but after they dropped into the first water complex, something unusual happened.
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Canadian Olympian Peter Barry is in stable condition after being hospitalized due to suffering a stroke yesterday afternoon at the Carolina Horse Park. Sue Ockendon confirmed to EN that Peter is resting comfortably at FirstHealth Moore
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I’ve been to an awful lot of cross country days in my lifetime, and still I am positive I have never done it as well as this little lady. I hereby solemnly swear to reconsider
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It’s another busy day at Carolina International! The actions starts early as the first horse leaves the start box at 8:00 AM sharp for the Open Intermediate division, but for those of us not on
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Saturday at the Carolina International, the old Tobacco Barn on the cross country course will become the Village Smithy as a tribute to Evan Mickle, a local farrier who passed away suddenly last December. At
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On my way to my favorite event today! I’m only running the Open Intermediate, as it is my horse’s first event of the year. This sounds kinda nuts now, because these days the event season
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The Fork Horse Trials will take place at its new home at the Tryon International Equestrian Center for the first time April 5-9, 2017. Mark Bellissimo of Tryon Equestrian Partners and his team have been
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It’s easy to look around any given event and find a volunteer. Which makes it even easier to say ‘thank you’ to that volunteer and to all of the others whom you encounter throughout the
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The entry list for the 2017 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton CCI4* has just been released, and we’re excited to see a big North American contingent represented this year. Eighty-five horses with the most points in international
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It was Barb Crabo, in an interview at the 2013 AEC at the Texas Rose Horse Park, who said, “just get a nice book on tape and drive.”
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